Carousel.



A. G. SHARKEY.

GAROUSEL.

Patented July 21, 1914.

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APPLICATION FILED JANA, 1912. .RENE'WED NOV. 14,1913. 1 ,104,1 45.

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ALBERT G, SHABKEY, OF YORK, N. Y.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented July 21, 1914.

Application filed January 4, 1912, Serial No. 669,486. Renewed November14, 1913. Serial No. 801,054.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, ALBERT G. SHARKEY, a citizen of the United States,residing in New York city, county and State of New York, have invented anew and useful Improvement in Carousels, of which the following is aspecification.

This invention relates to amusement devices and particularly toamusement devices of the carousel type.

The. object of the invention is to provide an improved amusement devicecomprising a carrier upon which the passengers of the device may rideand means for imparting a variety of irregular and unique motions to thecarriers.

Referring to the drawing: Figure 1 is an elevation of my invention inthe form of an amusement device of the carousel type, and

Fig. 2 is a horizontal section thereof taken on line 2 of Fig. 1. Fig 3is a detail sectional View taken on line 3 of Fig. 2.

In the present embodiment of my invention an amusement device of thecarousel type is contemplated, but I do not limit my invention to thisparticular form of amusement device, as it may be applied to other formsof such devices. In this embodiment of my invention my improvedpassenger carriers, which are located over the rotary carousel platform,are produced in the form of simulated animals which are common inamusement devices of the carousel type. Each of said carriers comprisesa body 1 which forms the body, head and tail of asimulated animal andtwo pairs of links, 2 and 3 forming the front and hind legs respectivelyof said animal. The pair of links 2 is oscillatively connected at itsrespective ends to the body 1 and to a crank 4 of crank shaft 5, whichis journaled in bearings 6 on the rotary carousel platform P, and thepair of links 3 is oscillatively connected at its respective ends tosaid body and to a crank 7 of crank shaft 8 which is also journaled inbearings 9, on said platform, whereby the body of said passenger carrieris oscillatively and reciprocally mounted upon said cranks over saidplatform to be oscillated and reciprocated by said crankshafts andcranks through said links when said crank shafts are rotated in themanner hereinafter more fully described. The body 1 of the passengercarrier is also oscillatively and reciprocally mounted upon a pivot 10and a reciprocal rod 11 respectively, which rod is connected to saidpivot and is reciprocally mountedin a tubular element 12 secured to thecarousel platform P, whereby the oscillating motion imparted to saidbody by means of the crank shafts 5 and 8 and cranks 4 and 7 through thelinks 2 and 3 is centered upon said pivot, and the reciprocating motionimparted to said body by means of said crank shafts and cranks throughsaid links, is maintained in a direction parallel to the longitudinaldimension of said rod. The crank shafts 5 and 8 extend radially of thecenter of the device and are journaled at their innermost ends inbearings 15 and 16 respectively on the center post P 1 of the device,which post, crank shafts, and the platform P are adapted to rotatetogether as a unit when the device is rotated upon its axis. Pinions 20and 21 are, respectively mounted upon the crank shafts 5 and 8 near theinnermost ends of said shafts and mesh with a stationary annular rack22, the curvature of which is swung from the center of the device, sothat when the device is rotated, said rack will cause said pinions torotate, which pinions will in turn rotate the crank shafts 5 and 8 andthe cranks 4 and 7 and said cranks will oscillate the links 2 and 3 andthrough said links will impart to the body 1 of the passenger carrier anoscillating motion, the center of which motion will be determined by thepivot 10, and a reciprocating motion, the direction of which will bedetermined by the reciprocal rod 11.

The above described oscillating and reciprocating motions of the body ofthe passenger carrier, are produced irregularly when the pinions 20 and21 are of relatively different diameters, as shown in the drawing, andare caused to rotate at relatively different speeds by the annular rack22, when the device is rotated, so that the crank shaft 5 and crank 4and the crank shaft 8 and crank 7 are thereby respectively rotated atrelatively different speeds. It is immaterial upon which of the crankshafts 5 and S the pinion of larger diameter is mounted.

.I do not limit myself to the exact construction and arrangement of theparts of my invention herein shown and described, as it is obvious tothose skilled in the art that many variations and modifications thereofmay be made without departing from the spirit of the invention. Ireserve the right to all such variations and modifications.

WVhen the device in the present embodiment of my invention is in motion,the motions of the body 1 of the carrier and the links 2 and 3, whichform a. simulated animal closely resemble the motions of an animal whenrunning along a rough road, and thereby give said animal a highlyrealistic appearance. A plurality of my improved *arriers in the form ofsimulated animals associated with each other when in motion, produce ahighly spectacular effect which will readily attract the attention ofthe public and appeal to the prospective passenger.

Claims:

1. An amusement device comprising a suitable support a pair of crankshafts suitably journaled upon said support provided with a pair ofcranks a passenger carrier mounted upon said cranks a pair of pinions ofrelatively different diameterson said crank shafts and means forrotating said crank shafts and cranks to oscillate the carrierirregularly.

2. An amusement device comprising a passenger carrier, a pair of crankssuitably journaled upon which the carrier is mounted and means forrotating said cranks at relatively different speeds to cause the carrierto irregularly oscillate.

3. An amusement device comprising a passenger carrier in the form of thebody of a simulated animal and links in the form of the legs of such ananimal oscillatively connected to said carrier and means for irregularlyoscillating said carrier and said links.

4. An amusement device comprising a suitable support; a reciprocal rodmounted on said support; a passenger carrier in the form of asimulatedanimal or figured representative oscillatively mounted on saidreciprocal rod; links oscillatively connected to the carrier forward andrearward of said reciprocal rod; means for irregularly oscillating andreciprocating the carrier and links.

5. An amusement device comprising a suitable support; a telescoping rodmounted on said support; a passenger carrier oscillatively mounted onsaid telescoping rod; and means for oscillating and reciprocating saidpassenger carrier irregularly.

6. An amusement device comprising a passenger carrier a pair of crankssuitably journaled upon which the carrier is mounted and means forrotating said cranks at relatively different speeds to cause the carrierirregularly to oscillate and irregularly to reciprocate.

7. A1 amusement device comprising a suitable support; a standardreciprocally mounted on said support; a passenger carrier oscillativelymounted on said standard; links oscillatively connected to the carrierforward and rearward of said standard and spaced. therefrom; means foroscillating and reciprocating said carrier and said links.

8. An amusement device comprising a suitable support; a reciprocal rod,mounted on said support; a passenger carrier oscillatively mounted onthe upper end of said reciprocal rod; links oscillativ ly Connected tothe carrier forward and rearward of said reciprocal rod and spacedtherefrom; means for oscillating and reciprocating said carrier and saidlinks.

ALBERT G. SHARKEY. lVitnesses L. V. WEBER, PAUL DnLMoN'r.

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